Maps of Palestine and Jerusalem – Collection of Hand-Colored Engravings – Europe, The 16th–18th Centuries

Maps of Palestine and Jerusalem – Collection of Hand-Colored Engravings – Europe, The 16th–18th Centuries
11 hand-colored engravings from various atlases and books – maps of Palestine and Jerusalem. Europe, [16th–18th centuries].
● "The description of the holy Land, conteining [sic] the places", map of Palestine by Guillaume Postel. Hand-colored engraving from Christopher Barker's bible ("The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures"). [London, 1595].
● "This mappe declareth the way…", map of Palestine by Guillaume Postel. From one of the editions of Christopher Barker's bible ("The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures"). [London, late 16th century].
● "Palestinae Sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Descriptio", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving from "Il Theatro del Mondo" by Abraham Ortelius. [Brescia (Italy), 1598].
● "Tabula Cananaeae prout tempore Christi et Apostolorum divisa fuit", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving from the "Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum, Libri septem". [Amsterdam, 1618].
● Three engravings, hand-colored, from "Description de L'Univers" by Alain Mannesson Mallet [Paris, 1685]. Two depicting Jerusalem (The Old City of Jerusalem and Modern Jerusalem) and one depicting Mount Sinai and Saint Catherine's Monastery. [Paris, 1685].
● "Palestina et Iter Israelita rup Desertum", map of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving from "Neu-außgefertigter Kleiner Atlas". [Frankfurt, 1702].
● "Palaestina seu Terra Sancta", map of Palestine by Christoph Cellarius. Hand-colored engraving from "Notitiae orbis antique, Liber III de Asia" (Amsterdam, 1706).
11 maps. Size varies (engravings approx. 7X8.5 cm. to 20X30 cm.). Good overall condition. All framed and unexamined out of frames.